The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
LOCAL NOTES.

On Thanksgiving Day the postofiice
will be open only on Sunday hours, from
4 20 > in the afternoon
The Committee on Retrenchment and
Reform, who were TO have met last night
tailed TO 70 SO for want Of a quorum.
The decision Of the Supreme Court in
the Nlrg MIA cases will not be announced
un il next Monday, and perhaps not
then.
Messrs. William Reason. clerk Of the
city Of Danyille, and H. b. Burnley, ex-
clerk OF Albemarle, were in the city yes
terday
Mr.. Adam Diaconi Of Richmond is one
Of the delegates 20 the United Lutheran
synod, South, whi meets in Savannah,
Georgia, next Thursday
Mis-. Edna Gray the well known so.
pranno, has been engaged 10 sing regu-
larly al tie Monumental church. She
viii be great acquisit on to the choir
Captain George A. Ainslie has at his
carriage mandatory, the stuffed hide of
Old ooreli General otOnewall Jack
sons war horse 1t looks as natural as
lie.
At meeting Of the Democrats Of the
First and Third precincts Monroe wari,
last night, the Columbia Club was reor-
gained for active work in the coming
elections.
II Is stated that Mr. John H. lnman.
the reorgi millionaire will bee elected
President Of The Richmond and Danyille
railroad AT the annual meeting OF the
stockholders in January next
IF any ofour advertisers Will telephone
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news they have, it will benefit the paper
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person who sends It.
Mr. George T. Richardson sheriff of
The ity of - illiamsburg and county OF
James City, yesterday delivered at The
Penilentiary Edloe Bosnian, sentenced
TO three years for horse stealing
Our thanks are due Messrs Owens &
Minor tor copy OF their Virginia and
North Carolina Almanac for 1855 which
has just been ISSUED. II Is chuck full of
interesting and valuable information.
Work is rapidly progressing on the
Church of the Sacred Heart which is
located on the corner of Short and Floyd
>trrels, one square from line bui ding Oc
cupied by the Little Sisters 1t the Poor
Mr. David @ Watkins and Mrs Bette
Gathright were married at half past five
O'Clock Yesterday morning al The brides
residence. Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins left
on lhe a. m northern train on bridal
trip.
one of the street car mules fell down
Yesterday about twelve O'Clock, corner OF
Main and Eighteenth streets and was en-
dered incapncifated tor further work
The street car stables were teephOned
and the mule taken away.
The contract for grading. curhing and
paving Dock street from Elm o Ash, and
Elm from Rockets to Dock, has been
awarded 10 Mr. Alois Rick, as follows
Grading. 10 cents per cubic yard curh
ing, "a cents per foot paving, 12t cents
per square yard.
The earnings of The Richmond and
Petersburg Railroad ompauy for Octo
brr is b 1887. were. Sl0.32l % expenses
S921O 81 net earnings SlOOJl % and
Tor The Petersburg railroad company the
e,rnings were 500, 9,403SS expenses.
Sll0l2OG net. earnings Slljol 80
There is complaint that boys in the
West End build fires in the vacant lots
next 90 the public school h0use-, which
are disagreeable 10 teachers and pupils.
and dangerous tD the neighDOung houses.
The police have been instructed 70 take
in all boys found indulging in This dan
gerOus pistime.
The State Returning Board, consisting
OF The Governor. the Attorney General.
Secretary of The Commonwealth, First
Auditor and Treasurer. will meet 40 The
Capitol next Monday TO canvass the
votes and max official returns of the re-
cent elections Two sets of returns h yc
been received from NaDsemJnd.
DR. George Ben Johnson says that il
will be a day or TWO before be can diclde
whether 70 will be necessary 10 ampulale
the leg of Mr Thomas Rock, whose toOi
and ankle were crushed last Saturday az
Johuston's steam forge. by siN hundrei
pound weight falling on it. Mr. hock
he thought WAS improving.
In the erection Of st. Thomas EpiscO-
p church ON the corner of Craze and
Madison streets. the builders have reach
ed tbe tr,t story This church is AN ou
shoot from the Monumental The ar
Chi &c ure is different from that OF any
building in the city, and leans towards
Byzantine mingled with Alnaissance.
In the Hastings Court Yesterday, the
case Of Henry Scott, who is under an IN
dictment Tor housebreaking and larceny
was called for trial to-day. The counsel
for defence stated that "a very important
witness vas absent from .he eily and
asked that the trial be oslpOned until The
next term. The continuance was gran
ted
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